re: Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear resigns after “all lives matter” Tweet

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Old, white rich.

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The horror.

So glad this man will suffer for thinking everyone is equal.

Now, let's mock him for this injustice.

Anyone who supports this going to pick up a brick and destroy some shite? You know, support the cause?

tO bE sILeNT iS tO bE cOmPLiCiT

So young, white and rich is fine? At what age do they go from fine to "white privilege"?

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I am actually shocked he's lasted this long, with the message the NBA has tried to send for years, and with Sacramento having a minority owner.

Not sure how he got past defending Donald Sterling but this seems like the last straw in a string of racially insensitive public comments.

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It's because it's an obtuse and outlandish thing to say. BLM does not mean black lives matter more than any other race. It just means that they matter. The movement has never been about putting blacks over everyone else.

But the ever-oppressed white man got upset about people saying it, so they created the strawman "well what about other races?! Don't they matter?! ALL lives matter!" - . It's a fallacious retort so that those opposed to BLM don't have to out themselves as racists and address the fact that they are bothered by people saying black lives matter. They can hide behind an obtuse stance that purposefully misinterprets the BLM movement.

It is akin to someone making a simple statement that they support policemen and then someone responding "But what about teachers? And nurses? And accountants? All jobs matter!"

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The only thing that's "outlandish" is claiming that someone saying that "All Lives Matter" is racist but specifically stating that one single race matters isn't.

Singling out one race over another, for whatever reason, is the definition of racism.

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Because you aren’t *allowed* to simply disagree with the left in this country and still remain cordial. Haven’t you noticed? You’re automatically racist, bigoted, deplorable, and whatever other slanderous word salad they hurl at you. Most decent people quit caring long ago.

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Dude, fricking stop it. The followers of the left and the right handle this the exact same way.

It’s all a one giant pissing contest to see who can “trigger” the other side. No one actually cares about doing what’s right for the country, rather doing whatever pisses off the other side more.

We all know that "Black Lives Matter" means that black lives also matter, and that they feel they aren't being accounted for like white lives.

Trying to undercut that by saying "All Lives Matter" isn't a Civil Rights movement.

We're living an Orwellian nightmare if that statement is controversial.